Philadelphia Phillies (34-23) at New York Mets (31-26), 7:10 p.m.

The Phillies and Mets know there is a rivalry between the two clubs. The rest of the baseball world is taking notice as well.

First-place Philadelphia wraps what has been an exciting three-game set with hosting New York tonight at Citi Field.

Words off the field as well as two straight collapses by the Mets have cost the club postseason appearances -- and allowed the Phillies to win two straight National League East titles -- have heated things up between these teams.

Philadelphia entered this year with the ultimate bragging right, a World Series championship, but New York is focusing on 2009. The Mets have won four of six meetings with Philadelphia this season and are 11-6 in the 17 most recent meetings in this series.

Tuesday's contest saw the clubs combine for seven home runs and the Mets rally for a big victory. It was the Phillies' turn last night, as right fielder Jayson Werth made a diving catch in the bottom of the 10th with two outs off a David Wright liner to save a winning run from scoring. Chase Utley then clubbed a go-ahead homer in the top of the 11th frame, his second long ball of the game.

Cole Hamels, who made headlines in the offseason by referring to the Mets as "choke artists" on a New York radio station, was battered around for 11 hits and four runs in a five-inning start for the Phillies.

"It was a good win," Utley said. "[Hamels] hung in there long enough, our bullpen did a very good job slowing them down a little bit...Overall it was a very good game."

The Phillies improved to 6-3 on their 10-game road trip and increased their lead over the Mets for first place in the division back to three games.

Wright and Omir Santos each had three of New York's 16 hits, while Alex Cora knocked in a pair of runs. The Mets, though, left 16 men on base.

"Every time you lose a game it's always tough," said Carlos Beltran, who was one of three Mets hitters to leave four men on base. "We had opportunities to score runs, but we just didn't come through."

The Phillies' Jamie Moyer has pitched well since a four-start losing streak and will aim to extend that run tonight. The 46-year-old beat Washington on May 31 with six innings of one-run ball and then held the Dodgers to just two runs on four hits over seven innings of a no-decision on Friday. Moyer also didn't walk a batter for a second straight start.

The left-hander is now 4-5 on the season and has lowered his earned run average from 7.42 to 6.27 over his last two starts. However, he has been tagged for 12 runs in eight innings versus the Mets this year, going 0-1 in two starts. Moyer is 7-5 with a 3.62 ERA in his career versus New York.

Wright and Beltran have both homered off Moyer this year and the duo is a combined 4-for-8 with five RBI in the two games.Read full